Doctors87
for 7

Pacemakers88
for 4

Doctors’ unfamiliarity with playing in warm dry conditions was
no excuse for an all round poor performance.Their innings got off to a weak start on a damp pitch of unpredictable
bounce as two of the top three were dismissed for ducks by N.Short (1-17) and
Rob Rowles (1-4).David Gwynne Jones
and Andrew Paisley got things on track, exploiting the short square
boundaries with hefty pull shots until Gwynne Jones (19) was criminally run
out, called for a short single when the ball was already in cover’s
hands.Paisley (19) soon followed him
after pulling Tim Webster to Rowles at deep midwicket and the vagaries of the
pitch, another silly run out and some careless shots against Webster (2-19)
and Mike Wright (1-18) meant that the visitors were never able to set a
challenging total.

Mike Sullivan (1-19) struck an early blow but a stand of 63 between
Rowles and Rob Adcock demonstrated what could be done with aggressive
strokeplay.Rowles (28) benefited from
a dropped chance off Sullivan and then gave a display of unorthodox, bottom
handed pulling and cover driving until he was well caught and bowled by Harry
Lee.Adcock pulled a hamstring and
needed a runner and his belligerent driving in the air offered Doctors four
chances which were spurned until, on 26, he was finally held at mid on by Lee
off Peter Reed.Despite another wicket
for Reed (2-18) and a tight spell by Lee (1-9) Andrew Clarke (16 n.o.) had no
difficulty in seeing Pacemakers home with 3 overs in hand.